I’m a child of the 80s and 90s. As a kid I watched Voltron and Thundercats. As a teenager I wore Doc Martens and flannel.
So of course when I heard about the CNN interview with Billy Corgan, former frontman for Smashing Pumpkins, I had to watch since he said that God is the future of rock-n-roll:
(If the video doesn’t show up, try this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnVltQgF-i0)
Lots of people had lots to say about it, from Carlos Whittaker’s emphatic agreement that Christian musicians should “stop copying U2” to Matt K. Lewis encouraging Christians to “make beautiful things”.
So what does all this mean for the visual arts, and Christians who are visual artists?
I think that the world wants (needs!) hope, no matter where it comes from. Music, painting, film, news media, wherever.
Christians who do art are called to make the world a better place. And a great way to do that is by sharing redemption for a dying world.
(And don’t copy Thomas Kinkade. He already did that, and that trick got really old. But you already knew that.)
Photo Credits: Doc Martens: Divine in the Daily via Compfight cc Tunnel: Éole via Compfight cc